Dwelling# 178 house#245 – John G. Antonucci (age 66 born in Italy), Almerinda (52, born in Italy), Joseph (23, NY), Kathryn (19, NY), Jane G. (17, OH), John (13, OH), Florance (10, OH), Elaine (6, OH); son in law – Joseph Castellica (24, Italy), Susan Castellica (22, NY), granddaughter – Josephine Castellica (4, )H). They own their home, value of home $4500, They own a radio. Native language for John and Almerinda is Italian, they immigrated to the US in 1905. John is a laborer, Joseph is a truck driver for Paper Co., Kathryn is a laundress for private home. John, Florence attends school. Unknown what year Joseph Castellica immigrated, his native lang. Italian, he is a tire builder at a rubber co. Susan is a sales lady at a dept. store. They married at age 22 & 20.

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John 'Jack', his family, and friends. For example, John 'Jack' is 12 years old when Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.

Age

Date

Event

8

1923

Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"

8

1923

Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes

9

1924

Insecticides are used for the first time on crops

11

1926

Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket

12

1927

The first television transmission was announced in England

13

1928

Big bang theory was introduced

21

1936

The first regular television broadcast happens in England

23

1938

Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission

31

1946

The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes

32

1947

Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor

36

1951

The first color television is introduced in the U.S.

37

1952

The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.

42

1957

Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.

45

1960

The ruby laser was created by Maiman

47

1962

U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth

Age

Date

Event

2

1917

NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.

4

1919

NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.

23

1938

NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.

24

1939

NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States

26

1941

NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.

35

1950

NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.

40

1955

NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.

45

1960

NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public

Age

Date

Event

12

1927

Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.

14

1929

Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October

15

1930

Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.

17

1932

Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.

18

1933

Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!

19

1934

Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.

19

1934

Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.

20

1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.

24

1939

Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.

28

1943

Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.

29

1944

On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")

30

1945

President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.

39

1954

The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.

47

1962

The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.

Age

Date

Event

2

1917

Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.

4

1919

The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.

5

1920

Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.

23

1938

Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.

24

1939

Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.

30

1945

World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Jack & Jean

A family dinner

Marriages

Jean PotenzaBorn on March 28, 1914 and died on September 29, 2000.They were married 1/1/1946.

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